Minister: France Could Close a Third of Nuclear Reactors

[IsailedawayfromFR]

France's new environment minister said Monday nearly a third of the country's reactors could be shut under plans to scale back the amount of electricity produced from nuclear power.

In 2015, the previous Socialist-dominated parliament passed a law obliging the government to reduce the proportion of electricity generated from nuclear power from around 75 percent to 50 percent by 2025.

"We can all understand that to reach this target, we're going to have to close a certain number of reactors," Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot told RTL radio.

"It will be perhaps as high as 17 reactors, but we need to look into it," he said.

Hulot, a celebrity environmentalist, was named as minister for ecological transition in the first government of 39-year-old centrist President Emmanuel Macron, elected in May.

France has 58 nuclear reactors operated by state-owned EDF, which produces some of the lowest-cost electricity in Europe.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/france-minister-nuclear-reactors/2017/07/10/id/800715/

What is missing from article is a logical reason why France is closing down the source of the majority of its electricity production.

It is not due to cheaper generation, now is it some dangerous threat.  It is pure illogical environmental idiocy.

Destined to make France another Spain.

[Joe Wooten]

Maybe it is to deny the jihadis a source of plutonium as France decays into another 3rd world muslim hellhole

[Cripplecreek]

If France is going to be a muslim country its not such a bad thing.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Maybe it is to deny the jihadis a source of plutonium as France decays into another 3rd world muslim hellhole

that is logical. 

[kidd]

From the article:

The country earns around EUR3 billion ($3.4 billion) per year from exports to neighbouring countries.

That works out to over $50/year for every man, woman and child in France...in exports.

France reprocesses its spent fuel, so the only real barrier to nuclear power in France is the initial construction cost...
...which is a moot point when you've already built the plants.

The word "idiots" is the same in English and French

[IsailedawayfromFR]

From the article:That works out to over $50/year for every man, woman and child in France...in exports.

France reprocesses its spent fuel, so the only real barrier to nuclear power in France is the initial construction cost...
...which is a moot point when you've already built the plants.

The word "idiots" is the same in English and French

In oh so many different ways. 

Including having to seek Russian gas in order to keep the lights on.